UPDATED PAGE 2: Issue with neighbor. What would you do in my position?

Pay half.

Move.

Attorney.

Hand the neighbor a hand grenade, and sell him the pin for $850 ponzi dollars.

The neighbor can trim the trees on his property line. If he tries to charge you excessively then small claims court

Tell him to fuck off or end up disposed of

You owe them nothing.Do they have anything in writing? You could be nice and offer a few bucks. This is why I can't live around people ugh.Good luck.

Tell them you are a druid and if they hurt your tree that you will raise the roots against them. Tell them that if they had fertilized their side of the lawn the right way and not used GMO dandylion killing lawn feeder that the trees branches wouldnt be fucked up and weak. Make sure that they know that they damaged the roots and your attorney knows too. Also make sure to tell them your attorney is part of an ecofacist organization and that if they hurt the trees they are going to make more carbon emissions and they are causing global warming. Tell them you can communicate with the termites in the tree and that you dont want them to get angry because the tree branches are gone and get hungry.

...Borrow the $650 from Friends & Family & get the work done...ASAP...or...you will Lose $1,500+ in Court or Small Claims Court...@ the internet...

i'd search the law,statutes and codes pertaining to this in your state,
contact the forestry people as they might know some obscure shyte as well
beginning with is the tree diseased,branches then have to be removed,
what about the higher branches if no disease on and on.
You need to find out what's the legal timeline for a removal once a complaint/notification is given to the owner/landlord--there should be a time frame/deadline to either comply or mediate

they sound like great neighbors !!!!! //sarc

and yeah,of course i understand that the branches are over THEIR sacred grounds.
mygawd.

i would NOT accept their check.
I would definitely find out the legal limit to either get a mediation or removal and notify THEM on this via reg mail signature receipt....that establishes a time frame.

Too bad he went and did that you didn’t agree to anything he got ripped off by landscaper and didn’t bother to get any estimates or ask you for your input or agreement in writing to go ahead and do this. Sounds like he holds the bag for the $

Sign up for Judge Judy and let her decide on TV.

If the tree had fallen on something or someone, he might have a case, but he hired a tree company without you agreeing to the bid. Tell him to go pound sand.

...or, pay your guy to pull it out $650 and tell him you already had it scheduled to get cut down, so he wasted his money.

Either way, he doesn't have a case. Once the branches reach over into his property, those branches belong to him at the property line.

Hire these guys o.p. Worth the watch.get ready for the big surprise.

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Last Edited by the deplorable ar-15 nut on 11/22/2019 10:34 PM

THE LANDSCAPER is in cahouts with the neighbor. Agreed to do the job for 650, and they plan on splitting the remaining.

Don't give them anything other than "Thanks for the help"

tell him to piss off, if it's over his property

its his responsibility to pay for it.

If he doesn't like it, Move

Last Edited by Slowly awakening on 11/22/2019 10:35 PM

I can only copy the key on a walk by. I will need to steal the vehicle.


Technically if the keys are in it, I am just joy riding. A misdemeanor in Nevada.

I would not cut down a health oak. Tell the neighbor to have homeowners insurance.

tell em to fuck right orf
they have the right to remove any overhanging branches and dump em on your property as they ARE your property
they do not have the right to engage a 3rd party to do shit n stuff

AND

DONT YOU HAVE A CHAINSAW?!

Nothing

What does your HOA state? As long as there is no rule governing that you are required to keep branches from hanging over the fence line, then you owe them absolutely nothing. Tell them to go pound sand.

Last Edited by Clapton's Doctrine on 11/22/2019 10:38 PM

I owned a large landscaping company for 10 years and saw these situations often. Here's the deal. It is not your responsibility to trim any limbs hanging over the property line. The neighbor has the right to cut any limbs which cross the property line....to be cut above the line or on their side of it. You have no legal obligation to pay anything.

Nobody can force you to pay for something without you agreeing.

You just saved yourself some money.

#1 rule (this is standard law) you are responsible for limbs from the property line (or fence) up to the sky.

You need not pay a dime to the neighbor for a single branch over their property line.


If you both agree to take the whole tree, trimmers will quote their portion and yours separately. They cannot charge you for cutting over their property!

The other neighbor couldn't care less about overhanging limbs and can't be forced to pay anything.
If your tree's limb damages their property, they are responsible since it was on their side of the fence.

I spent months dealing with this issue. May have missed something in your OP and rushed this reply, and you may want to be extra nice to the neighbor, but the law is clear on tree responsibility.

BTW, if your tree is hanging over public land (like a street) YOU are held responsible for any damage done by it, especially if the tree appears rotten, you were supposed to take care of it or cut it down.

"They cannot charge you for cutting over their property!"

Meaning... The neighbor cannot charge you.

It's not your expense to pay. Your neighbor is either ignorant or trying to con you.

You don't have to do ANYTHING, including that idea of hiring someone to trim your trees for him.

Just don't put a penny into the project at all for now, and tell the neighbor you have no money to give him.

Last Edited by Butch DeFeo on 11/22/2019 10:53 PM

What is it with Clifford and that special barbecue rig of his? I never could understand this, no matter how many times I went back to look.

Ignore them.

I judge.... The neighbor got the same $650 quote you got, so he jacked up the price so when you pay half, he makes $100 profit for his troubles.


HOWEVER, I don't like the idea that you were "saving up" to handle it, sounds a little like procrastination,....


Therefore, pay $750, half his estimate, to keep peace, remember it and learn from it.


Thank you, court is adjourned!

I re'read the OP and see that your neighbor is an idiot.

They already paid 1,500. for limb removal of all trees hanging over their property then tried to get the tree's owners to pay them back?!



Cut down the rest of the tree, keep the wood and a nice tall stump, it will cost a lot less.

Bullshit, I'm in Florida. Here's the law :

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THIS

Friend had your exact situation happen to him ... and just like you neighbor gave him a bill. He handed it back and said "No Thanks". Guy threatened, had is attorney send a letter he was going to sue, friend said DO IT ... but they never did because they had not grounds to sue.

Stand your ground and do NOT give him a penny.